Pop Art Andy Warhol Marilyn Monroe

Untitled from marilyn monroe 1967 is one of a portfolio of ten 36 x 36 silkscreened prints by the pop artist andy warhol showcasing 1950 s controversial film star marilyn monroe after her death in 1962 creating an intersection of art glamour and death.

Pop art andy warhol marilyn monroe. As famous for his quips as for his art he variously mused that art is what you can get away with and everyone will be famous for 15 minutes warhol drew widely from popular culture and everyday subject matter creating works. Andy warhol created three marilyn monroe screen print portfolios in 1967 a few years after the actress passed away in 1962. But why marilyn monroe. About repetitions warhol said the more you look at the same exact thing the more the meaning goes away and the better and emptier you feel gallery label from andy warhol.

It is in the collection of the tate. Warhol s marilyn diptych exemplified everything that pop art was thanks to its explicit reference to marilyn monroe who was an icon of pop culture. Warhol made his first paintings of marilyn monroe soon after the actor died of a drug overdose on 5 august 1962. The original image was borrowed by warhol from a promotional still captured by gene kornman and released for the film niagara 1953.

Marilyn monroe andy warhol. Warhol pop art. Campbell s soup cans and other works 1953 1967 april 25 october 18 2015. It was one single photo of marilyn monroe which was enough for andy warhol to make an iconic series of pop art portraits which have outlived both of them.

The marilyn diptych is a silkscreen painting by american pop artist andy warhol depicting marilyn monroe the piece is one of the artist s most noted works. Warhol used a publicity photo for her 1953 film niagara as the source image. Andy warhol made many many paintings and prints of the actress and american sex symbol marilyn monroe transforming her from a pop icon into a pop art product it s no accident that warhol painted soup cans and pop stars in the same style he explored celebrity as a force that transformed people into commercial objects. Artwork page for marilyn diptych andy warhol 1962 on display at tate modern.

And what message was. Obsessed with celebrity consumer culture and mechanical re production pop artist andy warhol created some of the most iconic images of the 20th century. When you hear these names there s surely only one classic image which comes to mind. Andy warhol s pop art legacy continues to inspire various forms of contemporary aesthetic expression.

The marilyn diptych 1962 is a silkscreen painting by american pop artist andy warhol depicting marilyn monroe.